On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Josh Boyer wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 02:23:22AM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: >>>Michael Schwendt wrote: >>>> Many packagers don't know that maintaining a proper spec %changelog for >>>> relevant spec file changes and %release bumps are considered important >>>> during review already. Others add meaningless/dummy %changelog entries >>>> even in Fedora cvs. >>> >>>But that's a people issue that needs to be solved, not papered over in the >>>name of "being nice". >>> >>>Sadly, "incompetence" as in unfamiliarity with guidelines which are >>>assumed to be prerequisites for proper packaging is growing in our ranks >>>(both from new packagers and from people who ought to know better), >>>something needs to be done about it. >> >> Such as? > > * Such as the very issue Michael Schwendt was pointing out (see quote). > * Such as continuous accidental upgrade path breakage due to widespread > unfamiliarity with Release/disttag handling (e.g. I keep having to explain > why and when to use -1.fc12.1 style versioning). > * Such as the assorted packaging mistakes which are caught by people > watching the commits list and pointed out on this list (with the offending > maintainer CCed). > etc. > I think he is asking what that "something" is when you said "something needs to be done about it." Orcan -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
